Best: May, Sep-Oct · Great: Apr
Weather shifts through genuine seasons here, from January's cool stretch to July's warmth, with rain a little heavier around March and lighter around July — real variation, but nothing as sharp as a true monsoon or Mediterranean dry season. In October, expect highs around 22°C with rain on roughly 2 days of the month.
Ashgabat's marble monuments and the Darvaza gas crater, a fire pit burning since the 1970s, are the country's main draws.
Try plov and Turkmen-style shashlik, staples of the country's cuisine.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect cool days around 9°/0°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 11°/2°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 17°/7°C, with occasional rain (~7 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 23°/12°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/17°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 35°/22°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 37°/24°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 36°/23°C, with mostly dry conditions (~0 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 30°/17°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 22°/11°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect mild days around 15°/5°C, with occasional rain (~4 rainy days).
Expect cool days around 10°/1°C, with occasional rain (~5 rainy days).